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We’ve talked about the Fuze Meeting app before and it was a cool way to turn your iPad or other gadget into a nice collaborative meeting device. The company has kicked it up a notch by adding HD video conferencing which will work no matter which platform you’re on. Let’s say you’re using the Fuze…
As Oprah named the Apple iPad her favorite thing, it looks like the day-time television shows are the latest battleground in the mobile war. Not to be outdone, Microsoft had its Windows Phone 7 devices prominently featured in a recent Ellen Degeneres show. Devices like the HTC Surround with Windows Phone 7 were part of…
Zynga is taking the mobile space seriously, as it has just announced that it has acquired the mobile game developer Newtoy. Newtoy is probably best known for the mobile game Words with Friends. It’s a really nice Scrabble clone that has made our list of must-play iPad games. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.…
The BBC iPlayer iPad app will be adding subscription services and will be going global. The app provides users access to on-demand video and audio content from BBC and the iPlayer iPad app could be seen as a competitor to Hulu. Like Hulu though, the app had been hamstrung by licensing deals and that’s why…
We all know that Android 2.3 Gingerbread will bring some user interface improvements and Google has released a video which shows us what this will entail. The video below is from the Hong Kong branch and it is showing off Google Voice Search. It’s not a massive overhaul – we weren’t expecting this from a…
Clearwire is looking to raise more than $1.1 billion to build out its WiMax infrastructure as the competition in 4G is heating up. Clearwire will be offering debt securities in private placement transactions and the funds will help it build out its mobile data infrastructure. The company provides the service behind Sprint’s 4G network for…
It’s the first of the month and Google has released its customary state of Android charts and this month finds that Android 2.2 Froyo is the most-used version of the platform. Froyo is being used by 43.4% of users, while Android 2.1 now has 39.6%. This means that 83% of users are now on Eclair…
The rumors have been swirling that Microsoft Windows Phone 7 will get a “massive” update in January which will bring it copy and paste, as well as make it a so-called iPhone killer. Well, there is definitely an update coming with copy and paste but it may not be as massive as we had previously…
A new study out of Nielsen reveals some interesting stats about smartphone users and one thing that the haters will love is that the study found women are preferring the iPhone as their next smartphone OS, while men are preferring Android. To be fair, it’s not by much. The study found 30.9% of females have…
One of the worst-kept secrets about the Apple iPad 2 is that it will include two cameras in order to enable FaceTime video chatting but reports have come out now saying that Apple has finally selected the supplier of these cameras – Largan Precision will likely providing the equipment for the cameras on the iPad…